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Boat Race Mutiny
The Oxford coach on an unprecedented mutiny by a group of American rowers in 1987.
Bob Champion wins the National
How Bob Champion overcame cancer to win the Grand National horse race in 1981.
Michael Johnson
How the US sprinter, Michael Johnson, shattered the 200m record at the 1996 Olympics.
Tied Test Match
Former Australian captain, Richie Benaud, recalls the first tie in test-match cricket.
Lance Armstrong
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Lasse Viren
In the 1972 Olympics he broke the 10,000 metre world record despite falling in the race.
The Olympics when Greg Louganis hit his head on a diveboard
The American diver talks about the 1988 Seoul Olympics and mis-timing his dive
Four-Minute Mile
How Sir Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile in 1954.
Maradona's 'Hand of God'
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Flo-Jo - the American Sprinter with Hollywood Style
Her husband and coach Al Joyner recalls Flo-Jo's four medal wins at Seoul in 1988
Derek Redmond - Never Give Up
How the injured runner inspired millions by hobbling to the finish of his Olympic race.
Martina Navratilova
The tennis legend on defecting from Czechoslovakia and then winning Wimbledon in 1978.
Bob Beamon and the 'Leap of the Century'
The American long-jumper on shattering the world record at the 1968 Mexico Olympics
Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie's 10,000m Final
Close finish - Gebrselassie beat his rival Paul Tergat of Kenya by less than a second
The Best Of Sporting Witness
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Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee: Coronation Derby
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Katarina Witt
The glamorous East German skater remembers dancing Carmen at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Dan Jansen
The American speed-skater who overcame personal tragedy to win Olympic gold
Kenya's First Winter Olympian
How cross-country skiing united a Kenyan farmer and a Norwegian Winter Olympic hero
The Miracle On Ice
At the 1980 Winter Olympics, the USA faced the USSR in a Cold War hockey showdown.
British Bobsleigh Win
In 1964, Britain won an Olympic event that became famous for an act of sportsmanship.
Franz Klammer
How the legendary Austrian skier won one of the most exciting Olympic downhill races ever
Torvill and Dean
In 1984, the British skaters charmed the world with their performance of Ravel's Bolero
Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston World Heavyweight Championships 1964
How the young Muhammad Ali became boxing world champion after two controversial fights.
Silken Laumann - Unsinkable!
The Canadian rower who defied a horrific injury to win an Olympic medal in 1992
Handcyclist Alex Zanardi
The racing driver who suffered a horrific crash, but then became a successful Paralympian
Joe Gaetjens - The Footballer Who Disappeared
He scored a goal for the US and upon his return to Haiti was taken by the secret police
Born to Run - Mexico's Tarahumara Indians
The epic race between America's top ultramarathon runner and an ancient Mexican tribe.
The Miracle of Bern
The unlikely 1954 World Cup victory which restored West German pride after WW2
Algeria's Revolutionary Football Team
Algerian players secretly left their French clubs to form their own national team in 1958
Kathrine Switzer, women's marathon pioneer
The American athlete who broke the gender barrier at the Boston Marathon